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A6 Blue Mountain Eagle Wednesday, June 24, 2015 Contributed photo Pearl Coombs is feted on her 102nd birthday Saturday, June 13, at Valley View Assisted Living in John Day. With her is her son-in-law, Dave Abarr. Other residents joined the festivities, wearing pearl necklaces, eating a delicious strawberry-filled cake from Chester’s Thriftway, and enjoying a concert by Kathy Rogers and Lis Davis, with songs about Pearl and her life as the theme. CELEBRATING 102! STUDENTS OF THE MONTH May – Grant Union Junior-Senior High School Emily Springer Grade 7 Parents: Mike and Shannon Springer Alyssa Hoffman Grade 8 Parents: Jessica Hoffman and Robert and Mary Beth Hicks Jay Goldblatt Grade 9 Parents: Dan and Jennifer Goldblatt Shiranne Carter Grade 10 Parents: Alice Carlson and Douglas Carter Meisha Meyerholz Grade 11 Parents: Jeff and Sheri Meyerholz Jerry Carter Grade 12 Parents: Mat and Jennifer Carter Blue Mountain Eagle BURNS – Grant Coun- ty veterans can take ad- vantage of expanded Peo- ple Mover service to get to appointments at the Burns VA Clinic. But officials are urging veterans to time their ap- pointments so they fit the schedule for the new bus run to Burns. The bus departs the People Mover barn, 229 N.E. Dayton St., in John Day for Burns at 11:40 a.m. Thursdays. To ride from home to the barn and back, people can use the Dial-A-Ride service. The bus also can pick up people who live in Canyon City for that run, but it must be arranged in advance by calling Angie Jones at 541-575-2370. Prairie City veterans also should call that number to arrange transport to the bus. The new route has the bus arriving in Burns at 1:30 p.m., after a 10-min- ute stop in Seneca. In a release this week, Burns clinic manager and social worker Steve Bull urged veterans taking the bus to be sure to make their appointments for af- ter the arrival time – for 2, 2:30 or 3 p.m. In Burns, the bus will stop at Harney District Hospital first, but also can deliver veterans to the VA Clinic on request. The oth- er stops are Rite-Aid and Figaro’s Pizza. The People Mover leaves Burns at 5:15 p.m. from the hospital. Veter- ans can arrange pickup at the clinic earlier by calling Jones. The bus returns to John Day at 7 p.m. The van is ADA acces- sible for wheelchairs and walkers. Veterans ride for free if they show a val- id VA card or honorable discharge; caregivers also ride for free. The People Mover route is not replacing the Disabled American Vet- erans van service. To ride the van from John Day to Burns or the Boise VA, call Jim Jerome at 541- 620-4486. Veterans using Burns bus urged to time clinic visits right Blue Mountain Eagle -2+1 '$< ア 5RRNLH ソUH ソJKWHUV EHJDQ KRQLQJ WKHLU VNLOOV IRU ZLOGODQG ソUH VHDVRQ last week on the Malheur Na- tional Forest. Known as Guard School, the weeklong training includes FODVVURRP DQG ソHOG H[HUFLV es. Participants come from the Malheur Forest, Oregon Department of Forestry and Burns BLM. 2IソFLDOV VD\ WKH FODVV QRW RQO\ JLYHV URRNLHV WKHLU ソUVW WDVWH RI ZLOGODQG ソUHソJKWLQJ but also lets squad boss train- ees test their leadership skills. And it’s a refresher for more experienced leaders. “We spend a lot of time in the classroom,” said Brandon &XOOH\ ソUH PDQDJHPHQW RIソ cer. “We go over a lot of situa- tions, and we strongly empha- size on safety and taking care of each other.” Kevin Brock is the coor- dinator this year for Guard School. Part of the program in- YROYHG OLYH ZLOGソUH WUDLQLQJ with the ignition of a few small ソUHV ZHVW RI /DNH &UHHN <RXWK Camp, on the Merit unit. The total size was expected to be less than three acres. That exercise covered how to assess hazards, construct ソUH OLQHV DQG ウPRS XSエ WKH ソUH 0RSSLQJ XS LV WKH SUR cess of locating and extin- JXLVKLQJ DOO ソUHV イ QR PDWWHU KRZ VPDOO イ LQ WKH EXUQ DUHD $JHQF\ RIソFLDOV VDLG FUHZV ZRXOG PRQLWRU DQ\ ソUHV XQWLO they are declared out. 5RRNLH ソUHソJKWHUV DW *XDUG School on Malheur NF News Church Services In Grant County Church Services In Grant County

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A6 Blue Mountain Eagle Wednesday, June 24, 2015

Contributed photo

Pearl Coombs is feted on her 102nd birthday Saturday, June 13, at Valley ViewAssisted Living in John Day. With her is her son-in-law, Dave Abarr. Other residents joined the festivities, wearing pearl necklaces, eating a deliciousstrawberry-filled cake from Chester’s Thriftway, and enjoying a concert by Kathy Rogers and Lis Davis, with songs about Pearl and her life as the theme.

CELEBRATING 102!STUDENTS OF THE MONTH

May – Grant Union Junior-Senior High School

Emily SpringerGrade 7Parents:

Mike and

Shannon Springer

Alyssa HoffmanGrade 8Parents: Jessica Hoffman

and Robert and Mary

Beth Hicks

Jay GoldblattGrade 9Parents:

Dan and

Jennifer Goldblatt

Shiranne Carter

Grade 10Parents:

Alice Carlson and

Douglas Carter

Meisha MeyerholzGrade 11Parents:

Jeff and

Sheri Meyerholz

Jerry Carter

Grade 12Parents:

Mat and

Jennifer Carter

Blue Mountain Eagle

BURNS – Grant Coun-ty veterans can take ad-vantage of expanded Peo-ple Mover service to get to appointments at the Burns VA Clinic.

But officials are urging veterans to time their ap-pointments so they fit the schedule for the new bus run to Burns.

The bus departs the People Mover barn, 229 N.E. Dayton St., in John Day for Burns at 11:40 a.m. Thursdays. To ride from home to the barn and back, people can use the Dial-A-Ride service.

The bus also can pick up people who live in Canyon City for that run, but it must be arranged in advance by calling Angie Jones at 541-575-2370. Prairie City veterans also should call that number to arrange transport to the bus.

The new route has the bus arriving in Burns at 1:30 p.m., after a 10-min-ute stop in Seneca.

In a release this week,

Burns clinic manager and social worker Steve Bull urged veterans taking the bus to be sure to make their appointments for af-ter the arrival time – for 2, 2:30 or 3 p.m.

In Burns, the bus will stop at Harney District Hospital first, but also can deliver veterans to the VA Clinic on request. The oth-er stops are Rite-Aid and Figaro’s Pizza.

The People Mover leaves Burns at 5:15 p.m. from the hospital. Veter-ans can arrange pickup at the clinic earlier by calling Jones. The bus returns to John Day at 7 p.m.

The van is ADA acces-sible for wheelchairs and walkers. Veterans ride for free if they show a val-id VA card or honorable discharge; caregivers also ride for free.

The People Mover route is not replacing the Disabled American Vet-erans van service. To ride the van from John Day to Burns or the Boise VA, call Jim Jerome at 541-620-4486.

Veterans using Burns bus urged to time clinic visits right

Blue Mountain Eagle

last week on the Malheur Na-tional Forest.

Known as Guard School, the weeklong training includes

es. Participants come from the Malheur Forest, Oregon Department of Forestry and Burns BLM.

but also lets squad boss train-ees test their leadership skills. And it’s a refresher for more experienced leaders.

“We spend a lot of time in the classroom,” said Brandon

cer. “We go over a lot of situa-tions, and we strongly empha-size on safety and taking care of each other.”

Kevin Brock is the coor-dinator this year for Guard School.

Part of the program in-

with the ignition of a few small

Camp, on the Merit unit. Thetotal size was expected to beless than three acres.

That exercise covered howto assess hazards, construct

cess of locating and extin-

they are declared out.

School on Malheur NF

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